This book offers an essential bridge between college-level introductions and advanced graduate-level books on special relativity. It begins at an elementary level, presenting and discussing the basic concepts normally covered in college-level works, including the Lorentz transformation.

by Riccardo D'Auria (Author), Mario Trigiante (Author)Second revised editionEnables the reader to understand the concepts that form the foundational of contemporary theoretical particle physicsPlaces particular emphasis on the role of symmetry in modern theoretical physics